Shock by Kitty Dukakis and Larry Tye
Undercurrents by Marsha Manning
Links with Information about ECT
ECT Information Booklet published by St. Patrick's Hospital in Dublin, Ireland
Sherwin Nuland on electroshock therapy
For Understanding Mental Illness or Suicidal Tendency
Why People Die by Suicide by Thomas Joiner, PhD
Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison, MD
Night Falls Fast by Kay Redfield Jamison, MD
Darkness Visible, William Styron
Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
For Understanding the Process for the Mentally Ill within the US Mental Health and Prison Systems:
Crazy by Pete Earley
For Understanding Brain Function and Lifestyle Impact on the Brain
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, John J. Ratey, MD
Change Your Brain Change Your Life, Daniel Amen, MD
The Brain that Changes Itself, Norman Doidge, MD
Healing the Addictive Brain, Harold C. Urschel,III, MD
In Struck by Living, Julie Hersh picks apart the irony of her life with humor and brutal honesty. Despite a loving husband, healthy children, financial security, Julie attempted suicide three times. With the help of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), Julie broke the deadly course of her disorder. Now well, Julie promotes the importance of mental health with collaborations with other artists and organizations.
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